The Veilwalker

"What are you guys waiting for?! Now is the best time to attack that thing!"

A student exclaimed, drawing everyone out of their reverie. They exchanged glances and with a nod agreed with him. Enjoy exclusive adventures from empire

"He's right. The void creature is currently busy devouring. We can attack it from behind!"

With that pointed out, about a dozen students channelled their mana into their weapons and closed in on the blind spot of the void creature.

Various abilities and attacks were rained down on the void creature, creating a chaotic mess of multicoloured abilities that buried it.

SCREEECH!

The loud screech of the creature came from the sea of abilities that churned and burned.

"Did we get it?"

A girl asked a student standing close by. She wished against all odds that that attack did a lot of damage to the void creature. After all, it wouldn't screech like that if it wasn't injured.

Right?

The other student just shrugged, not daring to take his eyes off the spot where the creature was. The student narrowed his eyes and noticed the silhouette of the void creature with its arms spread out accompanied by another roar of challenge.

"I don't think that was enough. Get ready!"

The student exclaimed, and without delay, everyone backed away and got into a fighting stance, their weapons channelling their mana to the max—whatever remained of it.

This time, the void creature dashed out of the sea of abilities still raging around it and attacked another group of students.

And unlike before, they were ready.

BOOOM!

The creature slammed the ground where he landed, but the students evaded by jumping back, creating as much distance as possible.

It didn't end there, and as soon as they landed, they charged at the void creature.

"Ha!"

From all directions, different techniques and abilities closed in on the void creature. The melee fighters went in close while the archers shot from a safe distance.

The plan was to overwhelm the void creature before it did anything else. And since void creatures were creatures of instincts, they didn't really have any fighting techniques of such, at least not the low-level ones.

The sound of swords clashing against claws reverberated throughout the chamber along with the low growls and screeches of the creature.

Wounds began to appear on its body as the rain of powerful skills and abilities did a number on it. Yet, the abilities that were enough to finish the void creatures they faced earlier in the labyrinth were no longer enough to even cut too deep.

Yes, they were injuring it, but it wasn't enough to take down that creature. It was going to take some time to accumulate enough damage to kill the creature.

"Urgh!"

"NO! Dylan"

Of course, it wasn't all easy. As much as they had conquered some of their fears and pushed through the suffocating aura it was giving off, the creature wasn't for show.

Its physical attacks sent students flying even when they saw it coming. It was simply too powerful and fast.

For the unfortunate ones who weren't fast or strong enough to evade, they ended up sliced in two by the creature's powerful claws.

The rain of blood and guts was visually disturbing, hammering into their psyches and changing them forever, but the students were learning fast as well, adapting and fighting through their paralyzing emotions.

Still, some lost their wills and ended up dying as collateral. It was a madhouse.

The resounding explosions, cries of pain and growls lit the entire chamber. The large hall continued trembling under the weight of all the attacks, yet it remained firm and undamaging.

Ross and Julia kept moving around without rest, always making sure to watch each other's backs as they threw the occasional attacks at the creatures but made sure to keep as much distance as possible.

'The creature is taking damage, but it's not enough!'

Ross wanted to yell in vexation. The toll of constantly running around was starting to get to them. He glanced at Julia by her side and saw how heavy her breathing was as well.

They were exhausted and almost out of mana.

Julia noticed his gaze and shook his head as if she understood his gaze. She was indeed exhausted. The deaths were affecting her just as much as everyone else.

The duo came to a temporary stop at the other end of the void creature's space.

"This is getting nowhere. Our attacks are barely doing any damage. Most of us are already dried out as what's left of our reserves isn't enough to do greater degrees of damage!"

A student close by grumbled, almost in tears. The void creature's regenerative prowess was just as insane. The smaller injuries were healing as fast as they came while the larger ones took longer.

The only reason they hadn't completely healed was due to the continuous attacks being through at it. For every major wound dealt, two students would die.

Their numbers were dwindling at an alarming rate!

And they didn't have the luxury of sitting it out. Some students were already broken mentally, but they were also the easiest to kill by the void creature!

"Fuck it!"

One student had had enough and decided to put everything in one final attack. Maybe that would injure the creature enough for the others to have the chance to finish it off.

Ross' and Julia's attention shifted to the student as they watched him channel his mana into a lightning-charged ball that grew slowly the more mana he channelled.

CRACKLE! CRACKLE!

The lightning crackled loudly and lit up the chamber, drawing the attention of many.

The gaze of the student remained on the void creature in the distance, blood trickling down the sides of his face.

With gritted teeth, he completed his charge and exclaimed, "Out of the way!"

The students in close combat with the void creature distanced themselves the moment they heard the cry of the students.

"Take this, you damn creature!"

The attack left his hands and swiftly zoomed through the air, crackling and sizzling with dreaded intensity.

In response, the void creature turned in his direction and screeched out loud, producing a burst of circular waves that exploded outward.

It shifted to the side when its screech did not dispel the incoming attack as the force crushed into its shoulder and chest region, taking a huge chunk of it away!

As the remaining power of the attack zoomed past it, a bright golden light suddenly appeared in the distance, directly in its path.

BOOOOM!

However, whatever was appearing there managed to evade. Appearing midair was a student almost everyone recognized.

"Alex!"

Julia called out to him in joy when he noticed her long-lost love!